Taishin Sagawa (Wall-hanging Scroll)

Taishin Sagawa is a 3rd generation Japanese wall-hanging scroll (kakejiku) maker who owns a store, IMA, in the central Tokyo of Japan. In the old times, Japanese calligraphy works and paintings were displayed on kakejiku. Artwork on kakejiku used to be presented in a special space called "tokonoma" in a Japanese house.

Even though a lot of new houses do not have "tokonoma" spaces in Japan these days, this craftsman takes advantage of growing up in modern culture while having learned traditional culture from his family. Sagawa often treats kakejiku as an interior designing object and uses fabrics that match artworks and house interiors to make kakejiku.

Sagawa does not hesitate to use unconventional colors and designs to appropriate this traditional culture in modern art and housing. The main wish of his kakejiku making is that people appreciate Japanese traditional culture in their living spaces while he hopes to show the beauty of kakejiku in other countries.